Banana inflorescence: Its bio-prospects as an ingredient for functional foods

BF Lau, KW Kong, KH Leong, J Sun, X He… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is a renewed interest in the utilisation of agricultural by-products,
particularly those from crop plants, as a source of functional ingredients. The banana (Musa …

[HTML][HTML] Banana peels as a bioactive ingredient and its potential application in the food industry

HM Zaini, J Roslan, S Saallah, E Munsu… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The use of agricultural by-products as a source of functional ingredients,
particularly those from crop plants, has received great interest. Banana (Musa spp.) is a …

The valorization of banana by-products: nutritional composition, bioactivities, applications, and future development

F Zou, C Tan, B Zhang, W Wu, N Shang - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bananas are among the world's main economic crops and one of the world's most-selling
fresh fruits. However, a great deal of waste and by-products is produced during banana …

Banana by-products: an under-utilized renewable food biomass with great potential

BS Padam, HS Tin, FY Chye, MI Abdullah - Journal of food science and …, 2014 - Springer
Banana (Musaceae) is one of the world's most important fruit crops that is widely cultivated
in tropical countries for its valuable applications in food industry. Its enormous by-products …

Therapeutic potentials and compositional changes of valuable compounds from banana-A review

S Qamar, A Shaikh - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Banana is considered as a potential source of valuable nutraceutical bioactive compounds.
In addition, It is not only considered as a fruit crop but also serve as high energy containing …

Bioactive profile and functional food applications of banana in food sectors and health: A review

MF Afzal, W Khalid, S Akram, MA Khalid… - … Journal of Food …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review explores the nutritional and pharmacological aspects of banana, as well as their
prospective applications in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Banana is a widely …

A potential of banana flower and pseudo-stem as novel ingredients rich in phenolic compounds

S Ramírez-Bolaños, J Pérez-Jiménez, S Díaz… - 2021 - digital.csic.es
A preliminary approximation to characterizes the banana culture by-products, like banana
flowers and banana pseudo-stem, including a comprehensive analysis of the phenolic …

Bioactive compounds in banana fruits and their health benefits

JS Sidhu, TA Zafar - Food quality and safety, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Banana is an edible fruit and is herbaceous flowering plant belonging to the genus Musa
and the family Musaceae. Banana is also eaten as cooked vegetable (and is then called …

Functional properties and postharvest utilization of commercial and noncommercial banana cultivars

TA Anyasi, AIO Jideani… - … Reviews in Food Science …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the world's most important crops cultivated in tropical and
subtropical regions of the world. Banana is a major source of macro‐elements, especially …

A comprehensive review on nutritional value, medicinal uses, and processing of banana

MMAN Ranjha, S Irfan, M Nadeem… - Food Reviews …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Products from natural sources are being used from thousands of years. Banana is famous
for its traditional, medicinal, and nutritional uses. It is rich in carbohydrates (22.84 g/100 g) …